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| allomorph |
in linguistics, any of the variant phonological forms of a morpheme. [1/2 definitions] |
| back formation |
in linguistics, a word that appears to be the base of, but was actually formed from, another word, as "trivia" from "trivial". |
| blend |
in linguistics, a word made by combining two other words, such as "brunch" from "breakfast" and "lunch". [1/9 definitions] |
| collocation |
in linguistics, the tendency of certain words to occur together in speech or writing with more frequency than chance would predict, or the particular ways that words tend to combine with each other within a particular language. [1/2 definitions] |
| etymology |
the branch of linguistics dealing with the origins and development of words and their meanings. [1/2 definitions] |
| lexicon |
in linguistics, the entire set of morphemes of any given language. [1/3 definitions] |
| linguistic |
of or pertaining to language or to linguistics, the study of language. |
| morpheme |
in linguistics, a word or word element that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful grammatical units. (See allomorph.) |
| morphology |
in linguistics, the study of word formation. [1/4 definitions] |
| phoneme |
in linguistics, any of the minimal units of sound that are part of the sound system of any language. |
| Sanskrit |
an ancient Indic language that is the classic literary language of India and an important basis for the development of comparative Indo-European linguistics. |
| sememe |
in linguistics, the meaning of a morpheme. |
| structuralism |
a method of analysis involving the study of stable, structural elements, applied esp. in fields such as linguistics, anthropology, and psychology. |
| syncretism |
in linguistics, a merging of two different inflectional forms, or the resulting form. [1/2 definitions] |
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